- Date
- June 19, 2018, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Morrilton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N969TMCraig A Reed Starduster II
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180619008219A
- Case key
- 97539
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during an aborted landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped biplane, he was performing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. During the landing roll, the biplane veered right, and he aborted the landing. However, the biplane failed to gain altitude, exited the right side of the runway, and collided with a drainage culvert. The biplane then rolled about 50 ft into the field on the right side of the runway and stopped. The biplane sustained substantial damage to the lower right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the biplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped bi-plane, he was performing touch-and-go takeoff and landings. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right and he aborted the landing. However, the airplane did not gain altitude, exited the right side of the runway, and collided with a drainage culvert. The airplane then rolled about 50ft into the field on the right side of the runway and stopped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N969TM
- Reported as
- Craig A Reed Starduster II (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Built
- 2016
- Airframe hours
- 19.7
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · June 16, 2018
- Departed
- BDQ · Morrilton, AR
- Destination
- BDQ · Morrilton, AR
- Airport
- BDQ · Morrilton Muni, runway 09, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2018
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 233 total · 25 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KRUE, 20 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 21, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.